Zimbabwe is superior in some areas to its neighbour South Africa, veteran leader Robert Mugabe reportedly said during an election rally.
The Mail and Guardian reported that Mugabe said that Zimbabwe "still had a better education system than South Africa and all African countries", saying that his country was undisputedly superior when it came to literacy. He cited a figure of 91 percent as the number of Zimbabweans who were literate compared to South Africa's literacy rate of 86 percent.
Mugabe also claimed that South Africa's economy was dependant on Zimbaweans workers. The veteran politician said that it shamed him that thousands of his countrymen had to work in a foreign country but refused to take blame for it. He instead blamed the Movement for Democratic Change, saying that the opposition party was hampering his efforts to create jobs for his people.
Mugabe also slammed South Africa's stance on gay rights saying that it should not be upheld as they were not human rights.
"Gays and lesbians are worse than pigs and dogs. We cannot allow our children to be worse than wild animals," the Mail and Guardian reported Mugabe as saying.
Spokesperson for the International Relations and Co-operation department, Clayson Monyela, laughed off Mugabe's comments.
"Jobs in hospitality translate to them running the economy. Really?" Monyela reportedly said.
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The Mail and Guardian reported that Mugabe said that Zimbabwe "still had a better education system than South Africa and all African countries", saying that his country was undisputedly superior when it came to literacy. He cited a figure of 91 percent as the number of Zimbabweans who were literate compared to South Africa's literacy rate of 86 percent.
Mugabe also claimed that South Africa's economy was dependant on Zimbaweans workers. The veteran politician said that it shamed him that thousands of his countrymen had to work in a foreign country but refused to take blame for it. He instead blamed the Movement for Democratic Change, saying that the opposition party was hampering his efforts to create jobs for his people.
Mugabe also slammed South Africa's stance on gay rights saying that it should not be upheld as they were not human rights.
"Gays and lesbians are worse than pigs and dogs. We cannot allow our children to be worse than wild animals," the Mail and Guardian reported Mugabe as saying.
Spokesperson for the International Relations and Co-operation department, Clayson Monyela, laughed off Mugabe's comments.
"Jobs in hospitality translate to them running the economy. Really?" Monyela reportedly said.
http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/872168.html
Full Business Day article:
http://www.bdlive.co.za/africa/africannews/2013/07/24/mugabe-ridicules-sa-at-election-rally
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